First Day of School & First Panthers Game

Henry started 2nd grade this past week... he was SO nervous! But he wound up with perhaps the best 2nd grade teacher at the school thankfully, and according to Henry, he might like her better than his KDG & 1st grade teacher... so three days into the new school year & all is well! Note to self though - in future years, remove the back pack before taking required 1st day of school photograph! Dang reflectors!


Yesterday, we took the kids to a Panther's game - Kyra's first. The outfit below? Took 30 MINUTES to choose!!! Why? Because she hated everything else I picked out... apparently khaki is the ugliest color on the planet and bermuda shorts are just the worst!! But when all was said and done, she was quite proud of this ensemble!!





Spikersters had a little paint on this nose, so we had to check that out...




The kids had a blast at the game! Thank gawd the tickets were free since we had to buy $10 worth of face painting, $4 bottles of water, $8 worth of peanut butter cups and $5 nachos!!! The children refused to leave at half time - begged us to stay until the end... even Kyra was begging us to stay - I couldn't believe it!! They were so excited when we got to the car & realized they were still up at 11:45pm... ugh - today should be lots o'fun!!!

Ocean City, MD

This past weekend, we spent 5 great days in Maryland - our first time ever to this state! Ocean City is nothing at all like Myrtle Beach, so it was great for our kids to experience a new beach... with new friends.

The ocean however, is utterly FREEZING in this Yankee state - that didn't stop the kids from their play time though. We spent the day at the ocean on Thursday...



Our fantastic hosts (Ken and Viv) were a lot of fun - making delicious meals, adult beverages, discussing the benefits of organic foods and most importantly? Putting Kyra to work in the kitchen. She helped Ken make his world famous crab cakes & she helped Viv put lemon thyme (grown in the garden) on the fish...





Pay no attention to Ken's homemade wine chiller...



On Friday, we spent the day at the boardwalk. It was rather hot and I found my son continuously asking for some A/C... no idea where he got that attitude from. He drove bumper cars all by himself for the first time and I see a lot of driver's ed in his future...




On Saturday, we spent the day visiting 2 of the 5 pools in the greater Ocean Pines 'resort.' Kyra is so close to swimming by herself...



And by Saturday evening? She was so done!!


It was a great trip up until the ride home on Sunday... Kyra puked, Brad got a speeding ticket and Henry peed his pants. Good times.